a flea in ear

flea (fl

)

1. Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that have legs adapted for jumping and are parasitic on warm-blooded animals.

2. Any of various small crustaceans that resemble or move like fleas, such as the water flea.

Idiom:

a flea in (one's) ear

An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.

[Middle English fle, from Old English flah.]

flea [fliː]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small wingless parasitic blood-sucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, living on the skin of mammals and birds and noted for its power of leaping

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various invertebrates that resemble fleas, such as the water flea and flea beetle

flea in one's ear Informal a sharp rebuke

[Old English flēah; related to Old Norse flō, Old High German flōh]

flea (fli)

n.

1. any small, flattened, wingless, bloodsucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for its ability to leap.

2. any of various small beetles and crustaceans that leap like a flea, as the beach flea.

Idioms:

flea in one's ear,

a. a rebuke.

b. a broad hint.

[before 900; Middle English fle, Old English flēah, flēa]

Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

insect - small air-breathing arthropod

order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera - fleas

Pulex irritans - the most common flea attacking humans

Ctenocephalides canis, dog flea - flea that attacks dogs and cats

cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis - flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea, sticktight - parasitic on especially the heads of chickens

Translations

flea [fliː]

A. N → pulga f
to send sb away with a flea in his ear → despachar a algn con cajas destempladas

B. CPD flea collar N → collar m antipulgas or antiparasitario
flea market N → mercadillo m, rastro m (Sp)

flea [ˈfliː] n → puce f
flea collar n → collier m antipuces
flea market n → marché m aux puces
flea powder n → poudre f antipuces

flea

n → Floh m; to send somebody off with a flea in his/her ear (inf) → jdn wie einen begossenen Pudel abziehen lassen (inf)

flea:

fleabag

(US inf: = hotel) → Flohbude f (inf), → Absteige f

(inf, = person) → Schrulle f (inf)

fleabite

n → Flohbiss m; it’s just a flea (fig) → das ist eine Kleinigkeit

flea-bitten

adj → voller Flohbisse; (inf) → vergammelt (inf)

flea circus

n → Flohzirkus m

flea collar

n → Flohhalsband nt

flea market

n → Flohmarkt m

fleapit

n (Brit inf) → Flohkino nt (inf)

flea [fliː] n → pulce f
to send sb off with a flea in his ear (fam) → mandare qn a quel paese

flea (fliː) noun

a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.

ˈflea market noun

an open-air market that sells cheap, old or used articles.

flea → برغوث blecha loppe Floh ψύλλος pulga kirppu puce buha pulce 蚤 벼룩 vlo loppe pchła pulga блоха loppa หมัด pire con rận 跳蚤

flea

n. pulga, insecto chupador de sangre; ___ bite → picadura de ___.

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